As we approach the end of 2022, I acknowledge that there was much to celebrate this year.
1. President Biden and the Democrats in Congress continued, and continues, to work to undo the damage done to America and the world by the Trump presidency and to deal with the problems facing our country today with competence, intelligence and integrity.
2. In November intelligence and patriotism won out over ignorance, bigotry and treason in my home state of Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the country.
Unfortunately, the three absolute worst Republican Congresspersons - Taylor Greene, Boebert and Gaetz - won re-election. Two complete morons and a suspected pedophile and sex trafficker. This is a sad commentary on the state of ignorance, racism and bigotry in America today.
3. The Trump Organization was convicted of tax fraud.
4. The January 6th Committee completed its extensive investigation of the insurrection, released its report, and recommended criminal charges be filed against Trump.
There is much work to be done in 2023. We must continue to be vigilant and to oppose and denounce the Republican Party and vote against all Republican candidates for all offices at all levels.
As I have said before in various venues, although it is beginning to finally attempt to distance itself from Trump and his lies, by continuing to embrace the racist, bigoted and repressive agenda of the fake Christian “Evangelicals” of the Religious Right today’s Republican Party remains the greatest threat to America, American values and American freedom and democracy. The once “Grand Old Party” has truly become the White Christian Nationalist Party.
By playing down and whitewashing the January 6th insurrection and opposing the work and findings of the January 6th Committee, not because it believes the attack or the reasons for it to be legitimate but because it does not want to lose the votes of Trump’s cult of ignorant racists and bigots, the Republican Party has proven that it has no conscience and puts the Party’s interests, and remaining in power, ahead of the Constitution, democracy and the country.
And let us hope that 2023 brings the indictment, prosecution, conviction, and imprisonment of Trump for his multitude of federal and state crimes. It is vital for the future of our democracy that this corrupt, deplorable and despicable malignant narcissist be held accountable for his actions.
On a sad personal note, this year I mourned the passing of a long-time friend from grammar school, high school and college – Howard Levine. We have been friends for almost 60 years - I believe we first met in the third grade. In our high school and college days we were involved together in various political issues of the day – as leaders of the local Vote 18 campaign. He is one of the small handful of friends from grammar school that I saw in person at least once a year every single year since we left school (at tax time).
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